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In the West, modern science and technology has attainable solutions for those unfortunate enough to lose a limb. Veterans and other amputees in the United States can receive computer-assisted prosthetics made from titanium and carbon fibers that cost upwards of $20,000. But those are out of reach for the billions of people who live on […]

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“See, we have innovation here as well,” laughed Queen Dube, Head of Pediatrics at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi as she pointed to a lawn-chair strapped to a set of wheels. VentureWell was hosting our 8th Xcelerator program, in partnership with the University of Malawi Polytechnic. This group of participants was composed of […]

At first, the solution seemed too simple. Rush Bartlett, a Biomedical Engineer and Post Doctoral student in the interdisciplinary Stanford University Biodesign Program, had been observing doctors in the Intensive Care Unit at Stanford Hospital for several months. Within Biodesign, Rush teamed up with Ryan Van Wert, a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician in the […]

When Mariana Amatullo sought to develop Designmatters, a global academic program that would combine art and design education with social entrepreneurship for the Art Center College of Design, a leading art and design college in Pasadena, California, she turned to VentureWell for her first grants. The daughter of Argentine diplomats who spent her childhood in […]

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